Thrashed by Supreme Court lawyer, Nepali man ends life

A 21-year-old Nepali youth committed suicide in the upscale DLF Phase 1 residential area of Gurgaon on Sunday after being allegedly assaulted
and humiliated by a Supreme Court lawyer over the issue of two broken
flower pots.

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Ajay Kumar

Gurgaon

January 19, 2016

UPDATED: January 19, 2016 11:21 IST

Picture for representation.

A 21-year-old Nepali youth committed suicide in the upscale DLF Phase 1 residential area of Gurgaon on Sunday after being allegedly assaulted and humiliated by a Supreme Court lawyer over the issue of two broken flower pots.

The victim, identified as Keshaw Gamal, was employed as a house help and driver at the residence of a Delhi-based businessman in Fblock of DLF Phase 1 area.

While trying to reverse his employer's car outside the residence on Sunday afternoon, Gamal accidentally broke two flower pots belonging to a neighbour identified as K Khar. Following the incident, Khar allegedly assaulted Gamal in public and used abusive language against him.

"Following my instruction to wash the car, Gamal had gone downstairs and parked the car outside the residence after completing the job. In the process, two flower pots were broken. My neighbour, who is a prominent Supreme Court lawyer, came outside his residence and entered my house. He pulled Gamal by his hair and took him outside. He then brutally assaulted him and humiliated him by using abusive language and discriminatory remarks," said Deepak Malhotra, the victim's employer.

Malhotra said he tried to intervene in the matter but Khar was so furious that he humiliated him as well. Gamal received injuries on his ears and nose.

"I asked him to go rest, after which he went to the servant quarter. When he did not come out for three hours, I asked my son to call him. When my son went to his room, he was shocked to see Gamal hanging from the ceiling fan," Malhotra said. "I immediately informed the local police and also visited the lawyer's house. I slammed him over his act which prompted someone to end his life.

Sensing trouble, the lawyer escaped his house immediately," Malhotra added. Many people of Nepalese origin from Delhi and Gurgaon assembled in the area after the incident to demand the arrest of the accused. "It was a shocking incident. We need justice and will fight for it till the end. We have also informed the victim's relatives in Nepal about the incident," said Bal Krishna Pandey, convener of NGO Maiti India.

The Gurgaon Police have registered an FIR against the accused, who is at large now.